Door-manipulator.



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OMER F. IMMELL, OF BLAlR, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE L. SOLBERG, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR-MANIPU LATOH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,738, dated July 16, 1901. Application led January 26, 1901. Serial No. 44,893. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OMER F. IMMELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blair, in the county of Trempealeau and State of Wiscousin, have invented a new and useful Door- Manipnlator, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to means for opening and closing doors, blinds, and the like, and

ro has for its object to provide improved means of this character which is constructed to facilitate the manipulation of doors and to hold the same against accidental movementwas, for instance, under the influence of wind. It

is furthermore designed to provide a device which :is complete in itself, so that it may be applied to any door without altering the same and without requiring the employment of skilled labor.

2o With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the ac-I companyingdrawings,andparticularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrilcin g any of the advantages 3o of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the inner side of a door having the present device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, the door being in its open position.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 4c et of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the device detached from the door.

lo Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the Iigures of the drawings.

Upon reference to Figs. `1 and 2 ofthe drawings it will be seen that the door shown therein is formed in top and bottom independent sections 1 and 2, respectively, so that either section may be opened and closed independently of the other, the lower section having a top transverse cleat 3 upon its innerside and pro- 5o j ected slightly above the door-section and the upper section having a turn-button t to be turned downwardly and overlap the cleat in frictional engagement therewith for the purpose of interlocking the two sections into a single door. Any suitable means may be employed for locking the door-.sections-as, for instance, a hook-andeye device 5, one for each section.

The means for opening and closing the door comprises a bowed bar 6, which is disposed 6o transversely across the inner side of the door and bows outwardly therefrom, the inner end of the bar being located adjacent to the hinged edge of the door and having an upwardly-directed spindle portion 7, which has an upper terminal crank arm or handle 8 extending in substantially the same direction as the adja-Y cent portion of the rod. The spindle portion of the bar is journaled in a suitable bearingbracket 9, secured to the hinge door-jamb 7o and having a vertical perforation or sleeve for the reception of the spindle, whereby the bowed bar is mounted to swing horizontally in the direction of the door. The free end of the bar isprovided with a loop or eye 10,which 7 5 slidably embraces a guide-rod 1l, that has its opposite terminals formed into attaching feet or brackets l2, that are offset at the same side of the rod and are connected to the inner side of the door by means of suitable fastenings So 13. It will be understood that the guide-rod is mounted horizontally and transversely of the door.

To open the door from its closed position, (shown in' Figs. 1 and 3,) the crank-handle 85 8 is pushed toward the door, thereby swinging the bar 6 outwardly upon its spindle portion as a center, the free end of the bar sliding inwardly upon the guide-rod and the door swinging open to the position shown in Figs. 9o 2 and 4. When the door has reached its open limit, the crank-handle will drop by gravity into a transverse notch 14 in the upper edge of the bracket, and thereby lock the door in its open position against accidental closing. To close the door, it is merely necessary to raise the handle out of the notch and reverse the operation of the handle. lt will be understood that the connection between the bar and the guide-rod is suiiiciently loose to permit ioo of the slight vertical movement of the spindle end of theY bar to engage and disengage the handle from the notch in the bearing-bracket. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the bar is bowed, so as to extend. around the inner edge of the door and the hinge door-jamb when the door is open.

Although the device has been shown as applied to a door, it is designed to be applied to blinds and similar swinging objects. Moreover, the device is complete in itself, so that it may be manufactured and sold independently of the object to which it is to be applied, and in mounting the device no change is required in the door.

What is yclaimed is- A door-manipulator comprising a substantially horizontal guide-rod constructed for application to a door and having opposite terminal attaching-brackets oset upon the same side of the rod, a bearing-bracket constructed for application to a door-frame and having a vertical bearingopening, the top of the bracket being provided with a notch intersecting the bearing-opening and the outer side of the bracket, and a bowed rod having one end provided with a terminal eye adapted to slidably embrace the guide-rod, and the op posite end portion having a vertically-disposed spindle adapted to be slidably and rotatably mounted in the bearing-opening of the bracket, and a crank-handle carried by the upper end of the spindle and traveling across the top of the bracket, the notch in the latter being at one limit of the crankhandle and constructed to receive the same, the loose connection between the guide-rod and the bowed rod rendering the latter rod capable of being dropped thereon to seat the crank-handle in said notch and thereby lock the device.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OMER F. IMMELL.

Vitnesses:

O. B. BoRsHnIM, G. L. SOLBERG. 

